[Report 1944]

Public Health Office,
32 , South Street ,
Sridoort .

December, 194-5,

ANNUAL REPORT OF THE MEDICAL OFFICER OF HEALTH
TO THE BnIDPORT RURAL DISTRICT COUNCIL FOR THE YEAR 1944

INCuUDILC ST.:.TI3TIC3 FOR THE P-RIQD 193b - 1944

PUBLIC HEALTH STAFF

iniedical Officer of Health Adam Armit , M. B. , Gh, B. , D.P.H,

Sanitary Inspector & Surveyor. Charles Lowe, A.R.S.I,

(Temporary).

Veterinary Surgeon (Part-Time) K,I. Mprshall, IvI.R.C.V.S.

Clerk to the Medical Officer. Miss A.M. Johnson,

5TATX8TTOS pF THE AREA

Area in acres ... ...

Reerictrar General's Estimate of Pooulation ...

Number of Inhabited Houses, according to Rate Books,

as at end of 19^4

Rateable ’'^alue ... ... ... ...

Sum reorescnted by a Penny Rate ... ... ...

EXTRACTS ^ROM VITAL STATISTICS

32,1 5C

7,073

2,46c
£ 32,78f^

£ 135

I Live Births

All Births
Legitimate
Illesit imate

46 55

41 52

5 3

Birth Rate per 1,000 resident
population = 14.28

Total .airths 101

Still £ii rt ns m .

.■ill Still tsirths 3

Legitimate 2

Illegitimate 1

2

2

Still Birth Hate per 1,000
resident population = f^.Jl

Total Still Births 5

D e ajt ns_ of Infants under One Year of Age .

M. F.

Total

Leeritimat e
Illee-itimat e

1

1

Death ^ate all Infants oer 1 , ©00
notified Births '= 9.9.

Deaths from. Puerperal Causes Nil

Maternal l^ortality Rate oer 1,000 Live and Still Births Nil.

Deaths

>0

51

otal Deaths

56

Death Rate per 1,000 estimated
resident population - 15.13

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CAUSES OF DEATH AT ALL AGES

1936

I. Typhoid & Paratyphoid -
Cer eoro-Spinal Fei'^er -

3. Scarlet Fever -

4. Wno oping Cough -

5. Dipntiieria -

6. TuPerculosis riesp. Sys 2

7. Otner Forms T.B -

6. Syphi llit'ic . UiseaeeB . i

9. Influenza . -

10. ideasles . . . . -

II. Acute Poliomyelitis &

Poli^o Enceph 1

12. Acute Inf. Enceph.... -

13. Cancer of 3uc. Cav. &

OesoDh (m) Uterus (!^) >-

14. Cancer of Stomach. ... -

15. Cpncer of Breast -

16. Cancer All Other

Sites l8

17. Diabetes ^

lo. Intracranial ‘'’’asc. Les.8

19. Heart Disea.se 31

20. Other Dis. Circ. Sys . . . 11

21 . Bronchitis 1

22. Pneumonia 4

23. Other Resn. Dis -

24. Ulcer of Stomach &

Duodenum 2

25. Diarrhoea (Under 2 yrs)-

2d. Apoendicitis -

27. Other Digv. Dis 5

26. Nephritis b

29. Puer, Ab . , 3cp?li..s ~

30. Otner Maternal Causes. -

31. Premature airth 1

32. Coh,i!iial. oirth Inj .

Inf. Dis -

33.&^lcide 2

34.P-oad Traffic Accidents -

35.0tncr yiolence 1

36. All other causes 21

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TOTALS

115 105 113

83 89 93 107

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19.39

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1944-

Population

6695

6945

7993

6058

7585

■?097

7073

at cable VaH-ue. . .

0.959

£3i?95^j ce32jCa7 £3

2.027 £32,482

£32,690

£32,78.>

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Penny L^a'^o

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£.133

£139

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101

118

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12. 53

15.9

15.8

12.68

14. 28

( Fn gland & Wa 1 es )

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13

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14.2

16.5

17.8

deaths

Total Deaths...

115

105

11;

83

89

Q~

107

Death Rate

Death Rate '

12; 4

11.2

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10,3

12.05

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(’^ngland & Wales)

11.6

12.1

14.5

12.9

11.6

12.1

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1:1^ a:'"' MORTALITY;-

Deaths of Infants
under i Year of ag’S

2

1

1

1

3

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Infantile leath Rfii:e
Inf ani: e DecthPaL e

2b, 3

10. 53

51.58

9,35

8.47

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3 9.9

(Engl an d a V/ c; 1 es ,)

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Maternal Deaths

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2, yi

P.,82

2.16

2.23

2.01

2.29 1.95

iFSFirCTlON & eUPFHVISION OF FOOD

Mil'lc Sa-)i3'!.y
Co^'^het-^cj Bnirleo

'V>, Persons on Register pt end nf 23^

'* Ppiry ■^prns on Register at end of 236

” Dairy Fs^r-rs Inspected during 19^^ 130

“ Inspections node f<oir the purpose 159

■^’’otices served 6 Fo. corDDlied with 6

Fo sp’roles of >rilh were tahen for beet erioloffi cal examination
during the. year..

There is qc' pasteurising plant in the district.

Yeat .

All the slaue'ht ering for West Dorset is done at a
Slaughterhouse situated in the Parish of Symondsbury. The carcases
are inspected on every day that slaughtering takes place by a
veterinary surgeon appointed by the four Districts concerned.

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S^.i^ITxlRY G I ROUMS TINGES OF THE AREA

^'V Piter SupDlv

BridDort Water Works C^irDsny wholly nr partly
suDDlies the Parishes of Litton Cheney, Burton Bradstock,

Bradpole, Walditch, Bo thenharruton and Syrrondsbury with water
•which is Satisfactory in duality but not always in nuantity.

This Water has been co-ntinuouslv chlorinated ^ince 19^0, exceutlne
the Walditch i^-jinply, ""he Charwouth sunuly , jiT/rnod by the
Rural District Council, is oerived froin five shallow sources,
vicldins: aDuroxir-a tely Gallons per day. This supply is

also continuously chlorinated. The reraining Parishes are either
v'ithout piped supplies or are partly supplied with piped water
cy private suppli era , and they are not of adequate ca.pacity for
U'.'c ^s permanent public supplies. Under the Rural Water Supplies
a'lc ^iw-’vrjge Act 19-^^-, obligation is placed on every Local
A'.ithority to provide a supply of wholesoire water in pipes to every
rural locality in those districts in which there are houses or
sohooDs, provided tnpt it is practicable and at a reasonable cost
(tne latter to be aecided oy tne Minister).

30 sarrples were taken for Dabt er iological analysis,
incluQing I4 froin Gnarmouth, all tne latter being very satisfactory
except one. Tne samples from tne Bridport Water Company's supply
were also Vtry satisfactory.

Sewefage,

The drainage in the district is very unsat isf actory as,
aPai’t from those areas immediately adjacent to Bridport Borough,
the re'iialnder of the villages on a water carriage svstem
discharne all the crude sewage int'^ the nearest water course, with
the result that all the latter are verv e^rossly polluted. This is
especi^llv at Charmouth, Chideock, Bradpole and Burton Bradstook.

B ani t ayv Inspection of the Area
TihCvTi' CaViit ary Inspector's Report)

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OPS f'^r all purposes 226

Notices 28 Complied with 28

Notices 5 " " 5

Shops 10 Food Condemned.

Foodshops 9

Drains 3° Bacon 7 1^^ •

Various 169 Flour 1 ci^.

Meat (tinned) 48 lbs.

HOUSING

Unaer tne Housing of Agricultural Workers War Time
Lmtrgency ^ct, 4 new nouses were erected at Askerswell. The rent
cnarged is 9/6d per week including water rate. The Council own
4 acres of land for housing purposes at Watton also a. site for 8
houses at wUiitcnurch and a site for 2 houses at Burton Bradstook,

During the year 51 houses were repaired after service
of Notices and 4 cases of overcrowding were relieved. The number
of persons concerned in sucn caPes being 24.

The Local nutnority own 87 houses and there are
approximately 1600 working class houses in the district.

RODENT CONTROL

In conjunction with the Besminster R.D.C.,p full time
Rodent Officer was pppr^lnted. A surve^' of the built up areas in
the district was made aft erwhich, those areas found to be infested
•^ere sone over with a view to the destruction of the rats.

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New Cnses Sl Mort elity 1944
NEW GASES DEATHS

Age Pulmonary Non-Pulmonary Pulmonary Non-Pulmonary

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Canteen worker. Duration of disease

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New C

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The following tables

show

the Position

with

reffprd to Di

■phtheri

0. ' '

Immunisation in the

Rural

District of

Bridport as at the

1 end of

1944^

SCHOOLS

Total

Total

Pox-ceht age

Name of School

Total on

T emp '

y Locals

T . Heeds,

Locals

i

gist er.

Locals

. Res id

.ents . Imm • d.

Imm ^d.

Immunised.

Visitation Conveno .

%

* » » •

235

165

70

160

65

9Ti

(

‘Askerswcll .

»

. - 0

23

23

19

CO

Bradr-’; e

73

62

-11

62

10

lOOfc

Bur tv." 3 P UL 1 00 k . . .

44

33

11

32

4

97^

ChcTm<'.u :i .

• • • #

&l

61

.f.O

55

19

9if°

Chide-.' > Coun-cil . . .

32

32

tr -

29

—

91*

Ohiueock K. C, ......

35

29

6

28

6

95«.

Loders

37

30

7

29

7

96"/t

Litton Ghenev

32

25

7

25

“/

0

0

Puc ijio v'.'l 0 0 wy r e . . .

45

39

6

35

6

90^0

Shi pi on Cl-orge

19

18

1

17

1

9470

Symonclpburv

46

45

1

44

1

96^

Stanton St.Gai-'riel .

• • « •

29

27

2

26

1

96^

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um. .

32

24

8

19

3

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• '•40

25

17

8

17

7

lOOf-’

The Limes. 0 r mo ut h

» • »

30

28

2

28

2

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1

1

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625

.U9

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PRE^S OHOOL children

•Month. SpeclRl Clinics.

l0t Inj. 2nd.

JpnuFiry .

February
Mar'-h . .
April . .
May .....
June ....
July . , , .
August . .
Septcu.ber
October .
November
December

1 - i

3 6 Pre-School' children

5 4 immunised at village

1 “ schools.

1 •. 1

2 1

3 6

2 2

4 1

totals 22 21

Number of children under 5 years of age in district
" " " '* " " " immunised

Percentage

487

229

EVACUATION

During the war, evacuees from Londj!&n and SouthaJiipton were
billeted in the district. The following table snows the number on the
Billeting Register at the end of the yeaJ :

1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 19M

430 503 427 245 135 194